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No. 456,717. Patented Jul 28, 1891.

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CHARLES R. BRODIX, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,717,1iated July 28, 1891.

Application filed February 16, 1891- Serial No. 381,566. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. BRODIX, a citizen of the United States, residing in lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Books; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to books; and it consists in a presentation-page for the same, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, I have illustrated my invention, and it is fully disclosed in the following description and claims.

Referring to said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book embodying myin vention. Figs. 2 and 3 are slightly modified forms of presentation-pages detached.

It is well known that the fly-leaves of books are in almost all instances of such a nature that they cannot be written upon without danger of the ink spreading and disfiguring the page.

The object of my invention is to provide a book with a presentation-page upon which the words of presentation shall be printed and spaces provided for the writing of the names, which shall be of a character to receive ink without running and blotting, and which shall also be provided with means for the insertion and retention. of a photograph of the giver.

To this end I provide the book, as shown in the drawings, with a presentation-page A, formed in any suitable manner and provided at B with any preferred means for receiving and retaining a photograph. I prefer, also, to provide the page with the printed words Presented to and a scroll or line for the reception of the name of the recipient of the gift, followed, as shown, by the word From placed over the place for the photograph, and below or adjacent thereto a scroll or line for the reception of the name of the giver. The whole face of the page upon which these words are printed may be of paper adapted to receive ink without running, or the spaces within the scrolls or above the lines alone maybe of that character, as may be preferred or found most convenient. The utility of such a page in a book is obvious.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a modified form of leaf, which is intended to be used when the gift is made by two persons. The leaf A is provided with two apertures B and B for the reception of photographs of the givers, and the word and is placed between said apertures or the scrolls O beneath them, as shown at m.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a form of leaf for use where it is desired to place both the p110- tographs of the giver and the recipient of the gift upon the page. In this figure, B is the aperture for the reception of the picture of the giver, and B the aperture for the picture of the recipient, the appropriate scrolls G and C being shown. In this case the words Presented to will be located adjacent to the aperture B and the word F From adjacent to aperture 13.

It is obvious that instead of apertures for the insertion of photographs, as is usual in photographic albums, I might employ a ruled space and secure the picture in its place within it.

This presentation-leaf will be found very convenient and useful in connection with books which are designed to be presented, and will form a lasting memorial of the giver, which will give the book an increased value in the estimation of the recipient.

This page may be formed as a part of the book, or it may be made separately and have a part provided with paste or glue, as shown at E, Figs. 2 and 3, or other means whereby it may be made to form a part of any book.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the backing Z), which lies back of the perforation B, provided with a gummed portion Z), which is moistened before the picture is inserted and the book closed. The back of the photograph will be pressed against the gummed portion 1) and will harden and form a retaining means for secu ring the picture against removal, thus making the photograph a permanent part of the presentation-page. The same result may be accomplished by providing one of the edges of the slit or aperture through which the photograph is inserted with gum, as indicated in dotted lines at b Fig. 3. \Vhen the photograph is in place, the adjacent edges of the slit are secured together and the photograph is secured against removal.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A presentation-page for books, provided with an aperture for the photograph of the giver, and a scroll or scrolls adapted to receive the Written names of the parties to the gift and having the appropriate words of gift printed thereon, substantially as described.

2. A presentation-page for books, provided with means for receiving a photograph of the giver and suitable scroll or scrolls for the In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 2 5 presence of two witnesses.

- CHAS. R. BRODIX.

Witnesses:

L. P. WHITAKER, 'J. D. KINGSBERY. 

